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"You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."

I don't know about this. I don't call carbonated drinks, pop.
It went like this after Inland North
Northeast
Philadelphia
The Midland
The South (shocked by this)

It said Northeast 88% for me, followed by Philidelphia at 80%, Inland North at 78%, and both Midlands was in 60s I think. I was born in NYC and my parents lived almost their whole lives there, but I was raised in Florida. I guess it is right. I probably grew up mimicking how my parents talked.

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